Author: Great Lakes Commission
Woolley’s Warriors night features special jersey and online auction
Mark Woolley is easy to pick out in a crowd of hockey players. He’s six-foot-three, always in the mix, and wears the ‘C’ for the Scenic City club. What’s not always apparent, and what he would have been well within his right to keep to himself, is that Woolley suffers from Type 1 diabetes. Instead, […]
Attack snap eight-game skid with offensive onslaught
The Owen Sound Attack snapped an eight-game losing skid in style Friday night handing their Midwest Division rival the Kitchener Rangers a 6-2 loss at The Aud. Just when it seemed like the Attack had forgotten how to put the puck into the net with any regularity the offence boiled over and sunk more goals […]
COVID update: workplace vaccination, self-isolation change, 43rd death
The Grey Bruce Health Unit has modified its recommendation from last July to employers to require proof of vaccination among their employees in non-essential service, due to improving pandemic indicators. Instead of recommending requiring vaccination, it’s now merely “encouraging” employee vaccination, particularly third doses, Arra said in an interview Friday. He said he didn’t know […]
Markdale-area driver gets seven years in fatal motorcycle crash
A Markdale-area woman was sentenced to seven years in prison Friday for criminal negligence causing death after chasing a motorcyclist in her Hummer H3 on May 29, 2019, resulting in a collision and the rider’s death. Sally Darosa, 44, of 735556 West Back Line, was convicted after a trial last year in Walkerton’s Superior Court […]
Renewed push for national historic site status at Black pioneer cemetery
There’s a renewed momentum growing in Grey Highlands to ensure the history of an early Black pioneer community at Priceville is remembered and celebrated with national historic site status for its role in settling the area. The Old Durham Road Black Pioneer Cemetery at the corner of Grey Road 14 and Durham Road B is […]